Supply chain

When New Orleans Cold Storage opened a riverfront cold storage plant last month, company and port officials were exultant.

Dan Elliot didn’t exactly light the room on fire in late May when he told shippers the Surface Transportation Board would act soon to respond to their railroad pricing concerns.

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President Obama and presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will debate infrastructure if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Pennsylvania Gov.

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Pressure intensified on the China to unleash stronger stimulus actions after industrial production growth in July fell to three-year low, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Indian government authorities on Wednesday announced plans to provide round-the-clock customs clearance services at the country’s major seaports and airports.

Forwarder and logistics provider Expeditors International of Washington reported a 12 percent decline in second quarter net profit as air freight revenue fell 14.8 percent.

Major Japanese international freight forwarder Kintetsu World Express said its group net profit edged down 0.3 percent year-over-year to $30.42 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, which start

The industrial real estate market in the U.S. is bouncing back from the 2008-09 recession, but like the overall economy, the recovery is cautious and methodical.

After a brief off-duty break, the long-running battle over truck driver hours-of-service regulations is back on the clock, with trucking groups, safety advocates and a truckload of allies firing openi

When the Federal Maritime Commission launched an inquiry into shipment of U.S.-bound containers through Canadian ports, cargo interests and Canadian officials feared the FMC was trying to build regula

Transportation and warehousing employment increased 1.9 percent year-over-year in July, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

IJS Global opened a dedicated warehouse in the Philippines to handle the logistics needs of Novartis Animal Healthcare.

The global trade in auto parts is getting a fuel injection as a result of the growing market for exhaust and emissions control equipment as governments in emerging countries adopt regulations “o

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged three rounds of labor concessions at YRC Worldwide by claiming the Teamsters union violated a national contract by offering wage concessions to YRC

DSV’s core profit increased 5.9 percent in the second quarter from a year ago as the Danish logistics and freight forwarding group cut costs to maintain margins in its global air, sea and trucki

Economic indicators from North Asia continue to deteriorate as slowing Chinese growth, the Eurozone debt crisis and the bearish U.S. recovery dampen global demand.

The U.S. Department of Commerce plans to impose tariffs on washing machines built by four major manufacturers after the agency found evidence of dumping.

Intermodal operators want federal regulators to do a better job identifying who is responsible for safety violations — motor carriers or intermodal equipment providers — when “scorin

Japan has decided to extend, for another year, punitive tariffs on tapered roller bearings imported from the U.S. in retaliation against a U.S.

The fledgling refrigerated domestic intermodal sector is growing this summer as industry pioneer Rail Logistics Cold Train adds 200 53-foot reefer containers and moves into new service lanes on the Ea

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Refrigerated rail operator Railex will spend up to $20 million to build a 500,000-square-foot bonded wine storage and distribution center next to its transload center in Wallula, Wash.

The International Refrigerated Transportation Association named Paul Kramer, director of logistics at Sheboygan, Wis.-based Johnsonville Sausage, as the recipient of the 2012 IRTA Executive of the Yea

RFID and the promise of real-time monitoring of perishable cargoes have existed for more than a decade.

The maritime industry is no longer the oft-ignored stepchild in Washington, but increased pats on the head from Congress and President Obama have yet to translate to significant raises in allowance.

Food importers won a reprieve from setting up verification programs for foreign suppliers, a delay that has angered consumer and food safety groups.

Colorado’s San Luis Valley is a favorite destination among railroad fans.

Despite grim forecasts earlier in the year, food shippers haven’t faced equipment or space shortages in any mode.

Bay Grove Capital is showing no signs of slowing its investment in the cold storage industry, purchasing Castle & Cooke Cold Storage for its Lineage Logistics subsidiary.

Nippon Express Co., Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, said on Friday that it has set up a representative office in Myanmar, formerly called Burma, with an eye on upgrading the new

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As part of its ambitious global expansion plan, MNX has appointed Florence Lee to its Asia Pacific leadership team.

Hyundai Motor lowered its global forecast for automobile sales this year because of the worsening outlook for demand in Europe and China.

The Surface Transportation Board wants to change rules to ensure all captive shippers have a "meaningful way" to challenge railroad rates and says it is still considering a shipper proposal

The latest truck driver hours of service rule is not only arbitrary and capricious, but unwarranted, the American Trucking Associations said in a court filing.

Japan’s exports to the United States rose for the eighth consecutive month in June on a year-on-year basis, jumping 15.1 percent to $12.52 billion, according to preliminary figures released by t

Rail Logistics-Cold Train is expanding its refrigerated intermodal service, bringing its container fleet up to 300 53-foot units and adding East Coast destinations.

The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration on Monday launched a promised review of crash weighting in its Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative.